Blood From a Stone (5 page)

S
asha
s
t
a
rt
ed
t
o
a
g
r
ee
but
her
w
o
r
ds
w
e
r
e
i
ns
t
ead
r
e
p
l
aced
by
a
m
u
ffl
ed
sc
r
eam as
W
ill
o
w
’
s
hand
c
l
a
m
ped
o
v
er her
m
ou
t
h.
I
t
w
as
i
n
t
hat
exact
m
o
m
ent
t
hat
a
v
e
r
y
l
a
r
g
e,
and
v
e
r
y
an
g
r
y
l
oo
k
i
ng
dog
had
appea
r
ed
fr
om beh
i
nd
a
d
u
m
p
s
t
er and
w
as
now
s
t
and
i
ng
about
t
en
f
eet
i
n
fr
ont
t
he
m
.

T
he
dog
w
as
huge
,
w
it
h
f
oam co
m
i
ng
fr
om
it
s
m
ou
t
h.
I
t
s
e
y
es
w
e
r
e
g
l
assy as
i
t
paced
back and
f
o
rt
h,
ba
r
k
i
ng
i
n d
i
f
f
e
r
ent
d
ir
ec
ti
ons
at
appa
r
en
tl
y ha
ll
uc
i
na
t
ed
t
h
r
ea
t
s, a
g
it
a
t
ed at
e
v
e
r
y
sound
and
m
o
ti
on.
T
h
i
s
an
i
m
al
w
as
not
on
l
y
an
g
r
y and c
r
a
z
ed but
appea
r
ed
t
o be s
i
ck
too
.

“
S
hhh.“
W
ill
ow
w
h
i
spe
r
ed.
“
D
on
’
t
m
a
k
e
any
l
oud no
i
ses
or
act
sca
r
ed.
J
ust
m
o
v
e
w
it
h
m
e.“

She
tri
ed
t
o s
l
ow her
o
w
n
hea
v
y
b
r
ea
t
h
i
ng
i
n
t
he
i
cy
a
i
r
as
she
t
ook
S
asha
’
s hand
and
be
g
an
t
o
back up
s
l
o
w
l
y
.
S
he
w
asn
’
t
su
r
e
i
f
she
w
as
m
o
r
e
nu
m
b
fr
om
t
he
co
l
d
or
fr
om
t
he
f
ear
she
f
e
l
t
a
s
her
hea
r
t pounded
i
ns
i
de
her
chest
and
r
e
v
e
r
be
r
a
t
ed
i
ns
i
de h
e
r ea
r
s.
B
e
f
o
r
e
t
hey
cou
l
d
g
et
m
o
r
e
t
han
t
h
r
ee
s
t
eps,
t
he
dog ba
r
ed
it
s
fr
o
t
hy
f
an
g
s
and
l
un
g
ed.
T
he
r
e
w
as
no
ti
m
e
t
o
tr
y 
a
nd
r
un…
t
he dog
w
as
w
ay
t
oo
f
ast
f
or
e
it
her
of
t
hem
t
o
g
et
a
w
a
y
.

W
ill
ow
c
r
ouched
l
ow
and b
r
aced he
r
se
l
f
f
or
t
he a
t
t
ack
tr
y
i
ng
t
o sh
i
e
l
d her
f
ace and he
l
p co
v
er
S
asha
’
s
t
oo.
B
ut
an
i
n
s
t
ant
be
f
o
r
e
t
he
expec
t
ed
w
a
v
e
of
sea
ri
ng
pa
i
n
c
a
m
e,
she
f
e
l
t
a
r
ush
of
w
i
nd
g
o
by and
t
h
r
ou
g
h
t
he co
r
ner
of
her
e
y
e she saw
t
hat
a
m
an
had
sudden
l
y
bo
lt
ed
be
t
w
een
t
hem
and
t
he do
g
.
H
e
m
o
v
ed
so
f
ast
her
e
y
es
cou
l
d
ba
r
e
l
y
k
eep
up
and
w
it
h
i
nhu
m
an
speed
he
l
aunched
at
t
he
do
g
,
d
i
v
e
rti
ng
i
t
fr
om
t
he
i
r pa
t
h.
T
hey
bo
t
h
h
i
t
t
he
pa
v
e
m
ent
and
as
t
hey
r
o
ll
ed,
i
t
b
i
t do
w
n
v
i
o
l
en
tl
y
on
h
i
s
a
r
m
.
I
t
he
l
d
on,
g
r
o
w
li
ng
f
u
r
i
ous
l
y
,
and be
g
an
sha
k
i
ng
it
s
head
back
and
f
o
rt
h
as
i
f
tr
y
i
ng
t
o
t
ear
m
eat
fr
om
t
he
bone.
B
l
ood
be
g
an
t
o
soak
t
h
r
ou
g
h
t
he
c
l
o
t
h
of
t
he
m
an
‘
s
sh
ir
t
s
l
ee
v
e
t
hat
w
as
pee
k
i
ng
out
fr
om under
h
i
s
j
ac
k
e
t
. W
ill
ow
k
new
t
hat
t
he
dog
w
as
p
r
obab
l
y
r
ab
i
d
and
i
f
so,
t
he
m
an
had
j
ust
been exposed
t
o
t
he d
i
sease h
i
m
se
lf
,
w
h
il
e
tr
y
i
ng
t
o p
r
o
t
ect
t
hem
fr
om
b
e
i
ng
b
itt
en.